Here we are two weeks into our current school year, so what have I learned?
— My Diva wants to learn cursive. This will be hard considering I HATE cursive and haven’t used it in years. Guess I’d better remember quick. Good thing I’ve got the internet. There are plenty of resources, freely available, including fonts. The best resource, however, is likely Donna Young’s Cursive Handwriting. Lots of worksheets, animations, and more.
— Diva hates our current history curriculum because there aren’t enough females taught about in the text. So, Google to rescue again! I’ve been supplementing the book with research about females from the era. Luckily we are headed into the Exploration/Frontier life era. I just happen to own all the Little House on the Prairie books. Thank you Laura Ingalls Wilder!
— After a week of spelling, I’ve learned that while my youngest boy is doing a decent job learning to read, his spelling is atrocious. Then I found (via a friend on facebook) this article about good readers who spell horribly, and realized… I need to take my boy back to phonemes. We need to try to intervene in these neural pathways and make sure they being formed properly.
— After the above breakthrough, I had another breakthrough with my youngest. It seems that his vision is all sorts of wonky again. He’s seeing everything, but it’s off to the right and down from where it’s actually printed. IE:
So apparently spelling is the least of his worries. We’ve got to get those eyes back on track. Sigh. Guess it’s time to visit Dr. Wescott again.
— Capt 740 is doing well, and learning how to do all this stuff on his own. It’s kind of a relief to finally have one old enough to work on his own primarily.